My organization told me that because the people who maintain the site are non-technical, I can't use plugins like Disable WPAutoP to get rid of line breaks because they will have to learn HTML to put their own line breaks in. Due to the time sensitivity of the project, I need to try another grid system.

I just wanted you to be aware of this and offer any tips to anyone else dealing with WPAutoP and 1180px Shortcodes.